diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/flowcache/PortDownReconciliation.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/flowcache/PortDownReconciliation.java
index 7a4275a33c808bcab9e987aa146cbc57725277dc..8ec19a636fdbd812997fe074c0b26fa4b686fdda 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/flowcache/PortDownReconciliation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/flowcache/PortDownReconciliation.java
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ public class PortDownReconciliation implements IFloodlightModule,
 
 	@Override
 	public void startUp(FloodlightModuleContext context) {
-		topology.addListener((ITopologyListener) this);
-		frm.addFlowReconcileListener((IFlowReconcileListener) this);
+		topology.addListener(this);
+		frm.addFlowReconcileListener(this);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/floodlightcontroller/flowcache/PortDownReconciliationTest.java b/src/test/java/net/floodlightcontroller/flowcache/PortDownReconciliationTest.java
index 29912bfeb37761e6049918d5ef3f93a8cd27c7d7..bf209aeff94ae8d3c8a11e92b35ac37fc74dbf94 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/floodlightcontroller/flowcache/PortDownReconciliationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/floodlightcontroller/flowcache/PortDownReconciliationTest.java
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ public class PortDownReconciliationTest extends FloodlightTestCase {
 	protected FloodlightContext cntx;
 	protected List<OFStatistics> statsReply;
 
-	@Before
+	@Override
+    @Before
 	public void setUp() throws Exception {
 		super.setUp();